EASST 2026 panel on generative AI in creative work

[Maria Engberg]

Dear colleagues,

What does it feel to work creatively with generative AI tools? This question is in focus at a panel that I will chair at the upcoming EASST 2026 conference. It is about the friction, irritation, joy, and ambivalence in GenAI use as an embodied practice. 

I hope to gather researchers who are interested in how creative professionals embody and engage AI-transformed work. Creative professionals is understood in an inclusive manner and can include a number of different professions and practices. We welcome both theoretical and empirically focused contributions. 

Panel title: In my head, in my hands: Embodied encounters with generative AI in creative work.

Short abstract:

How do creative professionals embody AI-transformed work? Beyond adoption/resistance binaries, this panel examines friction, irritation, joy, and ambivalence in GenAI use, revealing how resilient professional futures are constructed, not just imagined, through affectively charged, embodied practice.

Full description and submission link here:  https://nomadit.co.uk/conference/easst2026/p/18070

Call deadline is March 9.

Looking forward to hopefully meeting you in Kraków,

Maria Engberg

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Maria Engberg, Ph.D.

Docent | Associate Professor Media Technology

Dept. of Computer Science and Media Technology

Malmö University

Digital Work Futures Research Lab